By Eternalised Content Team — 2020
Few people have had as much influence on modern psychology as Carl Jung; he has coined terms such as extraversion and introversion, archetypes, anima and animus, shadow, and collective unconscious, among others.
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Exploring the realm of Carl Jung's collective unconscious and the archetypes that live within it.
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